Pris,
You capture the compression of time and space and how things change but stay the same because in both conflicts the rulers are the same. The Vet has one more “charge” in him then it’s lights out and he can’t remember which war this is.

This poem raised strong memories from Korea to the sixties and through every important movement to right wrong to the present. I felt some of this emotion on the couple of occasions that I Occupied Wall Street. You’ve said it so well. Thank you.